#DBE979#DBE979

#DBE979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.138 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBE979
RGB	rgb(219, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(68, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(68, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.26, -20.54, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.26, 56.31, 111.39°)
OKLab	oklab(90.03% -0.0584 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(90.03% 0.138 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.8044, 74.7192, 29.2519)
Luminance	0.7472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBE979 #8779E9

analogous

#E9BF79 #DBE979 #A3E979

triadic

#DBE979 #79DBE9 #E979DB

tetradic

#DBE979 #79E9BF #8779E9 #E979A3

square

#DBE979 #79E9BF #8779E9 #E979A3

split-complementary

#DBE979 #79A3E9 #BF79E9

monochromatic

#B2C721 #CDE044 #DBE979 #E9F2AE #F7FAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DBE979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#DBE979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBE979

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBE979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBE979	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbe979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.138 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f0a2',
    500: '#dbe979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbe979;
$custom-light: #e8f0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbe979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90028,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBE979

secondary

#5445C1

accent

#12D42A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FDFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBE979

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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